Method and apparatus for determining reference point in wireless communication system
Presented is a method by which a first device performs wireless communication. The method comprises the steps of: determining a reference point related to a resource pool; and performing sidelink transmission to a second device on the basis of the reference point related to the resource pool.
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This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/KR2020/004003, filed on Mar. 24, 2020, which claims the benefit of earlier filing date and right of priority to Korean Application No. 10-2019-0037385, filed on Mar. 29, 2019, the contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE Field of the DisclosureThis disclosure relates to a wireless communication system.
Related ArtSidelink (SL) communication is a communication scheme in which a direct link is established between User Equipments (UEs) and the UEs exchange voice and data directly with each other without intervention of an evolved Node B (eNB). SL communication is under consideration as a solution to the overhead of an eNB caused by rapidly increasing data traffic.
Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) refers to a communication technology through which a vehicle exchanges information with another vehicle, a pedestrian, an object having an infrastructure (or infra) established therein, and so on. The V2X may be divided into 4 types, such as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), vehicle-to-network (V2N), and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P). The V2X communication may be provided via a PC5 interface and/or Uu interface.
Meanwhile, as a wider range of communication devices require larger communication capacities, the need for mobile broadband communication that is more enhanced than the existing Radio Access Technology (RAT) is rising. Accordingly, discussions are made on services and user equipment (UE) that are sensitive to reliability and latency. And, a next generation radio access technology that is based on the enhanced mobile broadband communication, massive Machine Type Communication (MTC), Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communication (URLLC), and so on, may be referred to as a new radio access technology (RAT) or new radio (NR). Herein, the NR may also support vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication.
Regarding V2X communication, a scheme of providing a safety service, based on a V2X message such as Basic Safety Message (BSM), Cooperative Awareness Message (CAM), and Decentralized Environmental Notification Message (DENM) is focused in the discussion on the RAT used before the NR. The V2X message may include position information, dynamic information, attribute information, or the like. For example, a UE may transmit a periodic message type CAM and/or an event triggered message type DENM to another UE.
For example, the CAM may include dynamic state information of the vehicle such as direction and speed, static data of the vehicle such as a size, and basic vehicle information such as an exterior illumination state, route details, or the like. For example, the UE may broadcast the CAM, and latency of the CAM may be less than 100 ms. For example, the UE may generate the DENM and transmit it to another UE in an unexpected situation such as a vehicle breakdown, accident, or the like. For example, all vehicles within a transmission range of the UE may receive the CAM and/or the DENM. In this case, the DENM may have a higher priority than the CAM.
Thereafter, regarding V2X communication, various V2X scenarios are proposed in NR. For example, the various V2X scenarios may include vehicle platooning, advanced driving, extended sensors, remote driving, or the like.
For example, based on the vehicle platooning, vehicles may move together by dynamically forming a group. For example, in order to perform platoon operations based on the vehicle platooning, the vehicles belonging to the group may receive periodic data from a leading vehicle. For example, the vehicles belonging to the group may decrease or increase an interval between the vehicles by using the periodic data.
For example, based on the advanced driving, the vehicle may be semi-automated or fully automated. For example, each vehicle may adjust trajectories or maneuvers, based on data obtained from a local sensor of a proximity vehicle and/or a proximity logical entity. In addition, for example, each vehicle may share driving intention with proximity vehicles.
For example, based on the extended sensors, raw data, processed data, or live video data obtained through the local sensors may be exchanged between a vehicle, a logical entity, a UE of pedestrians, and/or a V2X application server. Therefore, for example, the vehicle may recognize a more improved environment than an environment in which a self-sensor is used for detection.
For example, based on the remote driving, for a person who cannot drive or a remote vehicle in a dangerous environment, a remote driver or a V2X application may operate or control the remote vehicle. For example, if a route is predictable such as public transportation, cloud computing based driving may be used for the operation or control of the remote vehicle. In addition, for example, an access for a cloud-based back-end service platform may be considered for the remote driving.
Meanwhile, a scheme of specifying service requirements for various V2X scenarios such as vehicle platooning, advanced driving, extended sensors, remote driving, or the like is discussed in NR-based V2X communication.
SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE Technical ObjectsMeanwhile, in a wireless communication system, the base station may configure the same sidelink BWP to a plurality of UEs. In this case, the sidelink BWP may share the same carrier as the Uu BWP (e.g., uplink BWP), part or all of the sidelink BWP may be overlapped with the Uu BWP. Furthermore, when different resource pools may be configured in the same sidelink BWP for a plurality of UEs, as the different resource pools partially or completely overlap each other, there may be a problem that the UE cannot use the overlapped sub-channels.
Technical SolutionsIn an embodiment, there is provided a method of performing wireless communication by a first apparatus 100. The method may include determining a reference point related to a resource pool and performing a sidelink transmission to a second device based on the reference point related to the resource pool.
Effects of the DisclosureA UE may effectively perform sidelink communication.
In the present specification, “A or B” may mean “only A”, “only B” or “both A and B.” In other words, in the present specification, “A or B” may be interpreted as “A and/or B”. For example, in the present specification, “A, B, or C” may mean “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or “any combination of A, B, C”.
A slash (/) or comma used in the present specification may mean “and/or”. For example, “A/B” may mean “A and/or B”. Accordingly, “A/B” may mean “only A”, “only B”, or “both A and B”. For example, “A, B, C” may mean “A, B, or C”.
In the present specification, “at least one of A and B” may mean “only A”, “only B”, or “both A and B”. In addition, in the present specification, the expression “at least one of A or B” or “at least one of A and/or B” may be interpreted as “at least one of A and B”.
In addition, in the present specification, “at least one of A, B, and C” may mean “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or “any combination of A, B, and C”. In addition, “at least one of A, B, or C” or “at least one of A, B, and/or C” may mean “at least one of A, B, and C”.
In addition, a parenthesis used in the present specification may mean “for example”. Specifically, when indicated as “control information (PDCCH)”, it may mean that “PDCCH” is proposed as an example of the “control information”. In other words, the “control information” of the present specification is not limited to “PDCCH”, and “PDDCH” may be proposed as an example of the “control information”. In addition, when indicated as “control information (i.e., PDCCH)”, it may also mean that “PDCCH” is proposed as an example of the “control information”.
A technical feature described individually in one figure in the present specification may be individually implemented, or may be simultaneously implemented.
The technology described below may be used in various wireless communication systems such as code division multiple access (CDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA), and so on. The CDMA may be implemented with a radio technology, such as universal terrestrial radio access (UTRA) or CDMA-2000. The TDMA may be implemented with a radio technology, such as global system for mobile communications (GSM)/general packet ratio service (GPRS)/enhanced data rate for GSM evolution (EDGE). The OFDMA may be implemented with a radio technology, such as institute of electrical and electronics engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), and so on. IEEE 802.16m is an evolved version of IEEE 802.16e and provides backward compatibility with a system based on the IEEE 802.16e. The UTRA is part of a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS). 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) is part of an evolved UMTS (E-UMTS) using the E-UTRA. The 3GPP LTE uses the OFDMA in a downlink and uses the SC-FDMA in an uplink. LTE-advanced (LTE-A) is an evolution of the LTE.
5G NR is a successive technology of LTE-A corresponding to a new Clean-slate type mobile communication system having the characteristics of high performance, low latency, high availability, and so on. 5G NR may use resources of all spectrum available for usage including low frequency bands of less than 1 GHz, middle frequency bands ranging from 1 GHz to 10 GHz, high frequency (millimeter waves) of 24 GHz or more, and so on.
For clarity in the description, the following description will mostly focus on LTE-A or 5G NR. However, technical features according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will not be limited only to this.
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Layers of a radio interface protocol between the UE and the network can be classified into a first layer (L1), a second layer (L2), and a third layer (L3) based on the lower three layers of the open system interconnection (OSI) model that is well-known in the communication system. Among them, a physical (PHY) layer belonging to the first layer provides an information transfer service by using a physical channel, and a radio resource control (RRC) layer belonging to the third layer serves to control a radio resource between the UE and the network. For this, the RRC layer exchanges an RRC message between the UE and the BS.
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Between different physical layers, i.e., a physical layer of a transmitter and a physical layer of a receiver, data are transferred through the physical channel. The physical channel is modulated using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, and utilizes time and frequency as a radio resource.
The MAC layer provides services to a radio link control (RLC) layer, which is a higher layer of the MAC layer, via a logical channel. The MAC layer provides a function of mapping multiple logical channels to multiple transport channels. The MAC layer also provides a function of logical channel multiplexing by mapping multiple logical channels to a single transport channel. The MAC layer provides data transfer services over logical channels.
The RLC layer performs concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of Radio Link Control Service Data Unit (RLC SDU). In order to ensure diverse quality of service (QoS) required by a radio bearer (RB), the RLC layer provides three types of operation modes, i.e., a transparent mode (TM), an unacknowledged mode (UM), and an acknowledged mode (AM). An AM RLC provides error correction through an automatic repeat request (ARQ).
A radio resource control (RRC) layer is defined only in the control plane. The RRC layer serves to control the logical channel, the transport channel, and the physical channel in association with configuration, reconfiguration and release of RBs. The RB is a logical path provided by the first layer (i.e., the physical layer or the PI-TY layer) and the second layer (i.e., the MAC layer, the RLC layer, and the packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer) for data delivery between the UE and the network.
Functions of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer in the user plane include user data delivery, header compression, and ciphering. Functions of a PDCP layer in the control plane include control-plane data delivery and ciphering/integrity protection.
A service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer is defined only in a user plane. The SDAP layer performs mapping between a Quality of Service (QoS) flow and a data radio bearer (DRB) and QoS flow ID (QFI) marking in both DL and UL packets.
The configuration of the RB implies a process for specifying a radio protocol layer and channel properties to provide a particular service and for determining respective detailed parameters and operations. The RB can be classified into two types, i.e., a signaling RB (SRB) and a data RB (DRB). The SRB is used as a path for transmitting an RRC message in the control plane. The DRB is used as a path for transmitting user data in the user plane.
When an RRC connection is established between an RRC layer of the UE and an RRC layer of the E-UTRAN, the UE is in an RRC_CONNECTED state, and, otherwise, the UE may be in an RRC_IDLE state. In case of the NR, an RRC_INACTIVE state is additionally defined, and a UE being in the RRC_INACTIVE state may maintain its connection with a core network whereas its connection with the BS is released.
Data is transmitted from the network to the UE through a downlink transport channel. Examples of the downlink transport channel include a broadcast channel (BCH) for transmitting system information and a downlink-shared channel (SCH) for transmitting user traffic or control messages. Traffic of downlink multicast or broadcast services or the control messages can be transmitted on the downlink-SCH or an additional downlink multicast channel (MCH). Data is transmitted from the UE to the network through an uplink transport channel. Examples of the uplink transport channel include a random access channel (RACH) for transmitting an initial control message and an uplink SCH for transmitting user traffic or control messages.
Examples of logical channels belonging to a higher channel of the transport channel and mapped onto the transport channels include a broadcast channel (BCCH), a paging control channel (PCCH), a common control channel (CCCH), a multicast control channel (MCCH), a multicast traffic channel (MTCH), etc.
The physical channel includes several OFDM symbols in a time domain and several sub-carriers in a frequency domain. One sub-frame includes a plurality of OFDM symbols in the time domain. A resource block is a unit of resource allocation, and consists of a plurality of OFDM symbols and a plurality of sub-carriers. Further, each subframe may use specific sub-carriers of specific OFDM symbols (e.g., a first OFDM symbol) of a corresponding subframe for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), i.e., an L1/L2 control channel. A transmission time interval (TTI) is a unit time of subframe transmission.
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In case of using a normal CP, each slot may include 14 symbols. In case of using an extended CP, each slot may include 12 symbols. Herein, a symbol may include an OFDM symbol (or CP-OFDM symbol) and a Single Carrier-FDMA (SC-FDMA) symbol (or Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) symbol).
Table 1 shown below represents an example of a number of symbols per slot (Nslotsymb), a number slots per frame (Nframe,uslot), and a number of slots per subframe (Nsubframe,uslot) based on an SCS configuration (u), in a case where a normal CP is used.
Table 2 shows an example of a number of symbols per slot, a number of slots per frame, and a number of slots per subframe in accordance with the SCS, in a case where an extended CP is used.
In an NR system, OFDM(A) numerologies (e.g., SCS, CP length, and so on) between multiple cells being integrate to one UE may be differently configured. Accordingly, a (absolute time) duration (or section) of a time resource (e.g., subframe, slot or TTI) (collectively referred to as a time unit (TU) for simplicity) being configured of the same number of symbols may be differently configured in the integrated cells. In the NR, multiple numerologies or SCSs for supporting diverse 5G services may be supported. For example, in case an SCS is 15 kHz, a wide area of the conventional cellular bands may be supported, and, in case an SCS is 30 kHz/60 kHz a dense-urban, lower latency, wider carrier bandwidth may be supported. In case the SCS is 60 kHz or higher, a bandwidth that is greater than 24.25 GHz may be used in order to overcome phase noise.
An NR frequency band may be defined as two different types of frequency ranges. The two different types of frequency ranges may be FR1 and FR2. The values of the frequency ranges may be changed (or varied), and, for example, the two different types of frequency ranges may be as shown below in Table 3. Among the frequency ranges that are used in an NR system, FR1 may mean a “sub 6 GHz range”, and FR2 may mean an “above 6 GHz range” and may also be referred to as a millimeter wave (mmW).
As described above, the values of the frequency ranges in the NR system may be changed (or varied). For example, as shown below in Table 4, FR1 may include a band within a range of 410 MHz to 7125 MHz. More specifically, FR1 may include a frequency band of 6 GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, and so on) and higher. For example, a frequency band of 6 GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, and so on) and higher being included in FR1 mat include an unlicensed band. The unlicensed band may be used for diverse purposes, e.g., the unlicensed band for vehicle-specific communication (e.g., automated driving).
A carrier includes a plurality of subcarriers in a frequency domain. A Resource Block (RB) may be defined as a plurality of consecutive subcarriers (e.g., 12 subcarriers) in the frequency domain. A Bandwidth Part (BWP) may be defined as a plurality of consecutive (Physical) Resource Blocks ((P)RBs) in the frequency domain, and the BWP may correspond to one numerology (e.g., SCS, CP length, and so on). A carrier may include a maximum of N number BWPs (e.g., 5 BWPs). Data communication may be performed via an activated BWP. Each element may be referred to as a Resource Element (RE) within a resource grid and one complex symbol may be mapped to each element.
Meanwhile, a radio interface between a UE and another UE or a radio interface between the UE and a network may consist of an L1 layer, an L2 layer, and an L3 layer. In various embodiments of the present disclosure, the L1 layer may imply a physical layer. In addition, for example, the L2 layer may imply at least one of a MAC layer, an RLC layer, a PDCP layer, and an SDAP layer. In addition, for example, the L3 layer may imply an RRC layer.
Hereinafter, a bandwidth part (BWP) and a carrier will be described.
The BWP may be a set of consecutive physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a given numerology. The PRB may be selected from consecutive sub-sets of common resource blocks (CRBs) for the given numerology on a given carrier.
When using bandwidth adaptation (BA), a reception bandwidth and transmission bandwidth of a UE are not necessarily as large as a bandwidth of a cell, and the reception bandwidth and transmission bandwidth of the BS may be adjusted. For example, a network/BS may inform the UE of bandwidth adjustment. For example, the UE receive information/configuration for bandwidth adjustment from the network/BS. In this case, the UE may perform bandwidth adjustment based on the received information/configuration. For example, the bandwidth adjustment may include an increase/decrease of the bandwidth, a position change of the bandwidth, or a change in subcarrier spacing of the bandwidth.
For example, the bandwidth may be decreased during a period in which activity is low to save power. For example, the position of the bandwidth may move in a frequency domain. For example, the position of the bandwidth may move in the frequency domain to increase scheduling flexibility. For example, the subcarrier spacing of the bandwidth may be changed. For example, the subcarrier spacing of the bandwidth may be changed to allow a different service. A subset of a total cell bandwidth of a cell may be called a bandwidth part (BWP). The BA may be performed when the BS/network configures the BWP to the UE and the BS/network informs the UE of the BWP currently in an active state among the configured BWPs.
For example, the BWP may be at least any one of an active BWP, an initial BWP, and/or a default BWP. For example, the UE may not monitor downlink radio link quality in a DL BWP other than an active DL BWP on a primary cell (PCell). For example, the UE may not receive PDCCH, PDSCH, or CSI-RS (excluding RRM) outside the active DL BWP. For example, the UE may not trigger a channel state information (CSI) report for the inactive DL BWP. For example, the UE may not transmit PUCCH or PUSCH outside an active UL BWP. For example, in a downlink case, the initial BWP may be given as a consecutive RB set for an RMSI CORESET (configured by PBCH). For example, in an uplink case, the initial BWP may be given by SIB for a random access procedure. For example, the default BWP may be configured by a higher layer. For example, an initial value of the default BWP may be an initial DL BWP. For energy saving, if the UE fails to detect DCI during a specific period, the UE may switch the active BWP of the UE to the default BWP.
Meanwhile, the BWP may be defined for SL. The same SL BWP may be used in transmission and reception. For example, a transmitting UE may transmit an SL channel or an SL signal on a specific BWP, and a receiving UE may receive the SL channel or the SL signal on the specific BWP. In a licensed carrier, the SL BWP may be defined separately from a Uu BWP, and the SL BWP may have configuration signaling separate from the Uu BWP. For example, the UE may receive a configuration for the SL BWP from the BS/network. The SL BWP may be (pre-)configured in a carrier with respect to an out-of-coverage NR V2X UE and an RRC_IDLE UE. For the UE in the RRC_CONNECTED mode, at least one SL BWP may be activated in the carrier.
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The BWP may be configured by a point A, an offset NstartBWP from the point A, and a bandwidth NsizeBWP. For example, the point A may be an external reference point of a PRB of a carrier in which a subcarrier 0 of all numerologies (e.g., all numerologies supported by a network on that carrier) is aligned. For example, the offset may be a PRB interval between a lowest subcarrier and the point A in a given numerology. For example, the bandwidth may be the number of PRBs in the given numerology.
Hereinafter, V2X or SL communication will be described.
Hereinafter, a sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) and synchronization information will be described.
The SLSS may include a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) and a secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS), as an SL-specific sequence. The PSSS may be referred to as a sidelink primary synchronization signal (S-PSS), and the SSSS may be referred to as a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS). For example, length-127 M-sequences may be used for the S-PSS, and length-127 gold sequences may be used for the S-SSS. For example, a UE may use the S-PSS for initial signal detection and for synchronization acquisition. For example, the UE may use the S-PSS and the S-SSS for acquisition of detailed synchronization and for detection of a synchronization signal ID.
A physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) may be a (broadcast) channel for transmitting default (system) information which must be first known by the UE before SL signal transmission/reception. For example, the default information may be information related to SLSS, a duplex mode (DM), a time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) configuration, information related to a resource pool, a type of an application related to the SLSS, a subframe offset, broadcast information, or the like. For example, for evaluation of PSBCH performance, in NR V2X, a payload size of the PSBCH may be 56 bits including 24-bit CRC.
The S-PSS, the S-SSS, and the PSBCH may be included in a block format (e.g., SL synchronization signal (SS)/PSBCH block, hereinafter, sidelink-synchronization signal block (S-SSB)) supporting periodical transmission. The S-SSB may have the same numerology (i.e., SCS and CP length) as a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH)/physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) in a carrier, and a transmission bandwidth may exist within a (pre-) configured sidelink (SL) BWP. For example, the S-SSB may have a bandwidth of 11 resource blocks (RBs). For example, the PSBCH may exist across 11 RBs. In addition, a frequency position of the S-SSB may be (pre-)configured. Accordingly, the UE does not have to perform hypothesis detection at frequency to discover the S-SSB in the carrier.
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For example, the UE 1 may select a resource unit corresponding to a specific resource in a resource pool which implies a set of series of resources. In addition, the UE 1 may transmit an SL signal by using the resource unit. For example, a resource pool in which the UE 1 is capable of transmitting a signal may be configured to the UE 2 which is a receiving UE, and the signal of the UE 1 may be detected in the resource pool.
Herein, if the UE 1 is within a connectivity range of the BS, the BS may inform the UE 1 of the resource pool. Otherwise, if the UE 1 is out of the connectivity range of the BS, another UE may inform the UE 1 of the resource pool, or the UE 1 may use a pre-configured resource pool.
In general, the resource pool may be configured in unit of a plurality of resources, and each UE may select a unit of one or a plurality of resources to use it in SL signal transmission thereof.
Hereinafter, resource allocation in SL will be described.
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Meanwhile, in the next-generation communication system, various use cases may be supported. For example, a service for communication such as an autonomous vehicle, a smart car, or a connected car may be considered. For this service, each vehicle can transmit and receive information as a communication terminal, select resources for communication with or without the base station's help depending on the situation, and send and receive messages between terminals.
Meanwhile, a same sidelink BWP may be configured for a plurality of UEs. For example, the base station may configure the same sidelink BWP to a plurality of UEs. In this case, for example, the sidelink BWP may share the same carrier as the Uu BWP (e.g., uplink BWP), part or all of the sidelink BWP may be overlapped with the Uu BWP. Furthermore, for example, different resource pools may be configured in the same sidelink BWP for a plurality of UEs. For example, the different resource pools may be pre-configured in the same sidelink BWP for a plurality of UEs. When different resource pools are configured in the same sidelink BWP for a plurality of UEs, as the different resource pools partially or completely overlap each other, there may be a problem that the UE cannot use the overlapped sub-channels. Hereinafter, the above-mentioned problem will be described in detail.
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Furthermore, for example, different UEs may transmit sidelink information on a same resource according to interference conditions. For example, different UEs may transmit sidelink information based on Multi-User Multiple Input & Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) on the same resource according to interference conditions. In this case, for example, if different UEs use different resource pools, in order to secure orthogonality between DMRS (Demodulation Reference Signal), CSI-RS (Channel State Information Reference Signal) or PTRS (Phase Tracking Reference Signal) transmission, the different UEs need to configure a same reference point for sequence generation such as DMRS, CSI-RS, or PTRS.
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According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the reference point may be a sub-carrier 0 of a common resource block 0 (CRB 0) for a Uu link. That is, for example, the reference point may be a first sub-carrier among a first common resource blocks for the Uu link. For example, in order to configure the reference point as subcarrier 0 of a common resource block 0, the UE may receive information on a point A. For example, the point A may be a common reference point for a common resource block grid.
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For example, an in-coverage UE may receive information on a point A from a network/base station. For example, when the in-coverage UE receives information on a point A from the base station, the information on the point A may be an Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (ARFCN) value. For example, if the information on the point A is indicated by an ARFCN value, regardless of whether the UE receives a S-SSB, the UE may configure sub-carrier 0 of a common resource block 0 as a reference point.
For example, an out-of-coverage UE may receive information on a point A through a PSBCH. For example, when receiving the information on the point A through the PSBCH, the information on the point A may be an offset value compared to a S-SSB. For example, when the UE receives a PSBCH including an offset value, the UE may determine a point separated from the S-SSB by an offset value as the point A. Accordingly, the UE may configure sub-carrier 0 of a common resource block 0 as a reference point.
For example, when the UE determines the subcarrier 0 of the common resource block 0 for the Uu link as the reference point, in a situation where an uplink BWP and a sidelink BWP partially or completely overlap, a boundary between a resource block group (RBG) and a sub-channel may potentially be aligned.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a reference point may be subcarrier 0 of a first resource block of a sidelink BWP. That is, for example, the reference point may be a first sub-carrier of the first resource block of the sidelink BWP. For example, one BWP per carrier may be configured as the BWP for the NR sidelink. For example, at least one BWP per carrier may be configured as the BWP for the NR sidelink. For example, if one BWP is configured for sidelink, the UE may configure the first sub-carrier of the first resource block of the BWP as a reference point.
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According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the reference point may be subcarrier 0 of a first resource block of a resource pool. That is, the reference point may be a first subcarrier of a first resource block of a resource pool configured for the UE. In this case, for example, all sub-channel sizes in the resource pool may be the same, and the UE may fully utilize the configured resources as the resource pool. On the other hand, for example, in a situation where a plurality of resource pools overlap, interference may be measured inaccurately for each sub-channel, and opportunistically, it may be difficult to support MU-MIMO, resource sharing, or collision handling.
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In step S1330, the transmitting UE may transmit the sidelink information mapped to the resources to the receiving UE. For example, the sidelink information may be transmitted through a PSCCH and/or a PSSCH. For example, the sidelink information may include at least one of a sidelink message, a sidelink packet, a sidelink service, sidelink data, sidelink control information, and/or a sidelink transport block (TB). For example, the sidelink information may include at least one of DMRS, CSI-RS, and PTRS. For example, the transmitting UE may transmit the sidelink information to the receiving UE through the PSCCH and/or the PSSCH based on the determined reference point. For example, the transmitting UE may generate a sequence such as DMRS, CSI-RS, or PTRS based on the determined reference point and transmit the sequence to the receiving UE.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when a sidelink BWP is configured for the UE, the UE may determine a reference point as a specific subcarrier. Thus, for example, sub-channels for different resource pools may be aligned in terms of boundaries. Due to this, although a PSSCH transmitted in one resource pool overlaps only a part of a specific sub-channel of other resource pools, an inefficient situation, such as an impossible transmission in all of a specific sub-channel of another resource pool, may not occur. Furthermore, orthogonality between DMRS, CSI-RS, or PTRS transmission may be secured.
On the other hand, when the UE determines the reference point as subcarrier 0 of the common resource block 0 for the Uu link, or when the UE determines the reference point as subcarrier 0 of the first resource block for the sidelink BWP, a problem may generate in which some sub-channels in the resource pool are cut by a boundary of the resource pool. Hereinafter, a method for handling a problem in which some sub-channels in a resource pool are cut by a boundary of a resource pool according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a situation in which a size of a first sub-channel or a last sub-channel of a resource pool is different from a size of configured sub-channel for the UE may be allowed. For example, the UE may determine that the size of the first sub-channel or the size of the last sub-channel of the resource pool may be different from the size of the sub-channel configured for the UE. For example, the UE may transmit a sidelink channel (e.g., PSCCH and/or PSSCH) and/or a sidelink signal through a sub-channel smaller than the size of the configured sub-channel. However, it may be impossible or inefficient for the UE to perform transmission related to the PSCCH and/or PSSCH through the reduced sub-channel. In this case, for example, the UE may use the reduced sub-channel for resource allocation for performing transmission related to the PSSCH. That is, the UE may transmit the PSSCH to the receiving UE through the reduced sub-channel. For example, if a first sub-channel becomes small, when the UE transmits the PSCCH to the receiving UE through a second sub-channel, the UE may automatically transmit the PSSCH to the receiving UE through the first sub-channel. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and in a specific situation, the UE may perform PSCCH transmission through a reduced sub-channel.
Alternatively, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a situation in which a size of a first sub-channel or a size of a last sub-channel of a resource pool is different from a size of a configured sub-channel for the UE may not be allowed. For example, when the size of the first sub-channel or the size of the last sub-channel of the resource pool is different from the sub-channel size configured for the UE, the UE may not use the sub-channel. In this case, a effective size of the resource pool may be reduced. For example, the UE may not expect a resource pool configuration in which the size of the first sub-channel or the size of the last sub-channel is different from the channel size configured for the UE. For example, the UE may determine that the size of the first sub-channel or the last sub-channel of the resource pool cannot be different from the size of the sub-channel configured for the UE.
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For example, the first device 100 may receive information on a reference point related to a resource pool from a base station. For example, information on the reference point related to the resource pool may include an absolute radio frequency channel number (ARFCN) value. For example, the first device 100 may determine the reference point related to the resource pool as a first sub-carrier of a first common resource block based on the ARFCN value. For example, the first device 100 may receive information on a reference point related to a resource pool through a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH). For example, the information on the reference point related to the resource pool may include an offset value related to a sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB). For example, the first device 100 may determine the reference point related to the resource pool as a first subcarrier of a first common resource block based on the offset value related to the S-SSB.
In step S1620, the first device 100 may perform sidelink transmission to the second device 200 based on the reference point related to the resource pool. For example, the sidelink transmission may be performed through a PSCCH and/or a PSSCH. For example, the first device 100 may perform sidelink transmission to the second device 200 through the PSCCH and/or the PSSCH based on the determined reference point. For example, the first device 100 may generate a sequence such as DMRS, CSI-RS, or PTRS based on the determined reference point and transmit the sequence to the second device 200.
The above-described embodiment may be applied to various devices to be described below. First, for example, the processor 102 of the first device 100 may control to determine a reference point related to a resource pool. And, the processor 102 of the first device 100 may control the transceiver 106 to perform sidelink transmission to the second device 200 based on the reference point related to the resource pool.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first device configured to perform wireless communication may be provided. For example, the first device may comprise: one or more memories storing instructions; one or more transceivers; and one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers. For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to: determine a reference point related to a resource pool and perform a sidelink transmission to a second device based on the reference point related to the resource pool.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus configured to control a first user equipment (UE) may be provided. For example, the apparatus may comprise: one or more processors; and one or more memories operably connected to the one or more processors and storing instructions. For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to: determine a reference point related to a resource pool and perform a sidelink transmission to a second UE based on the reference point related to the resource pool.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions may be provided. For example, the instructions, when executed, cause a first device to: determine a reference point related to a resource pool and perform a sidelink transmission to a second device based on the reference point related to the resource pool.
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For example, the second device 200 may receive information on a reference point related to a resource pool from a base station. For example, information on the reference point related to the resource pool may include an absolute radio frequency channel number (ARFCN) value. For example, the second device 200 may determine the reference point related to the resource pool as a first sub-carrier of a first common resource block based on the ARFCN value. For example, the second device 200 may receive information on a reference point related to a resource pool through a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH). For example, the information on the reference point related to the resource pool may include an offset value related to a sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB). For example, the first device 100 may determine the reference point related to the resource pool as a first subcarrier of a first common resource block based on the offset value related to the S-SSB.
In step S1720, the second device 200 may perform sidelink reception from the first device 100 based on the reference point related to the resource pool. For example, the sidelink transmission may be performed through a PSCCH and/or a PSSCH. For example, the second device 200 may perform sidelink reception from the first device 100 through the PSCCH and/or the PSSCH based on the determined reference point. For example, the second device 200 may generate a sequence such as DMRS, CSI-RS, or PTRS based on the determined reference point and receive the sequence from the first device 100.
The above-described embodiment may be applied to various devices to be described below. First, for example, the processor 202 of the second device 200 may control to determine a reference point related to a resource pool. And, the processor 202 of the second device 200 may control the transceiver 206 to perform sidelink reception from the first device 100 based on the reference point related to the resource pool.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a second device configured to perform wireless communication may be provided. For example, the second device may comprise: one or more memories storing instructions; one or more transceivers; and one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers. For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to: determine a reference point related to a resource pool and perform a sidelink reception from a first device based on the reference point related to the resource pool.
Hereinafter, an apparatus to which various embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied will be described.
The various descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts of the present disclosure described in this document may be applied to, without being limited to, a variety of fields requiring wireless communication/connection (e.g., 5G) between devices.
Hereinafter, a description will be given in more detail with reference to the drawings. In the following drawings/description, the same reference symbols may denote the same or corresponding hardware blocks, software blocks, or functional blocks unless described otherwise.
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The wireless devices 100a to 100f may be connected to the network 300 via the BSs 200. An AI technology may be applied to the wireless devices 100a to 100f and the wireless devices 100a to 100f may be connected to the AI server 400 via the network 300. The network 300 may be configured using a 3G network, a 4G (e.g., LTE) network, or a 5G (e.g., NR) network. Although the wireless devices 100a to 100f may communicate with each other through the BSs 200/network 300, the wireless devices 100a to 100f may perform direct communication (e.g., sidelink communication) with each other without passing through the BSs/network. For example, the vehicles 100b-1 and 100b-2 may perform direct communication (e.g. Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V)/Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication). The IoT device (e.g., a sensor) may perform direct communication with other IoT devices (e.g., sensors) or other wireless devices 100a to 100f.
Wireless communication/connections 150a, 150b, or 150c may be established between the wireless devices 100a to 100f/BS 200, or BS 200/BS 200. Herein, the wireless communication/connections may be established through various RATs (e.g., 5G NR) such as uplink/downlink communication 150a, sidelink communication 150b (or, D2D communication), or inter BS communication(e.g. relay, Integrated Access Backhaul(IAB)). The wireless devices and the BSs/the wireless devices may transmit/receive radio signals to/from each other through the wireless communication/connections 150a and 150b. For example, the wireless communication/connections 150a and 150b may transmit/receive signals through various physical channels. To this end, at least a part of various configuration information configuring processes, various signal processing processes (e.g., channel encoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, and resource mapping/demapping), and resource allocating processes, for transmitting/receiving radio signals, may be performed based on the various proposals of the present disclosure.
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The first wireless device 100 may include one or more processors 102 and one or more memories 104 and additionally further include one or more transceivers 106 and/or one or more antennas 108. The processor(s) 102 may control the memory(s) 104 and/or the transceiver(s) 106 and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. For example, the processor(s) 102 may process information within the memory(s) 104 to generate first information/signals and then transmit radio signals including the first information/signals through the transceiver(s) 106. The processor(s) 102 may receive radio signals including second information/signals through the transceiver 106 and then store information obtained by processing the second information/signals in the memory(s) 104. The memory(s) 104 may be connected to the processor(s) 102 and may store a variety of information related to operations of the processor(s) 102. For example, the memory(s) 104 may store software code including commands for performing a part or the entirety of processes controlled by the processor(s) 102 or for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. Herein, the processor(s) 102 and the memory(s) 104 may be a part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement RAT (e.g., LTE or NR). The transceiver(s) 106 may be connected to the processor(s) 102 and transmit and/or receive radio signals through one or more antennas 108. Each of the transceiver(s) 106 may include a transmitter and/or a receiver. The transceiver(s) 106 may be interchangeably used with Radio Frequency (RF) unit(s). In the present disclosure, the wireless device may represent a communication modem/circuit/chip.
The second wireless device 200 may include one or more processors 202 and one or more memories 204 and additionally further include one or more transceivers 206 and/or one or more antennas 208. The processor(s) 202 may control the memory(s) 204 and/or the transceiver(s) 206 and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. For example, the processor(s) 202 may process information within the memory(s) 204 to generate third information/signals and then transmit radio signals including the third information/signals through the transceiver(s) 206. The processor(s) 202 may receive radio signals including fourth information/signals through the transceiver(s) 106 and then store information obtained by processing the fourth information/signals in the memory(s) 204. The memory(s) 204 may be connected to the processor(s) 202 and may store a variety of information related to operations of the processor(s) 202. For example, the memory(s) 204 may store software code including commands for performing a part or the entirety of processes controlled by the processor(s) 202 or for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. Herein, the processor(s) 202 and the memory(s) 204 may be a part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement RAT (e.g., LTE or NR). The transceiver(s) 206 may be connected to the processor(s) 202 and transmit and/or receive radio signals through one or more antennas 208. Each of the transceiver(s) 206 may include a transmitter and/or a receiver. The transceiver(s) 206 may be interchangeably used with RF unit(s). In the present disclosure, the wireless device may represent a communication modem/circuit/chip.
Hereinafter, hardware elements of the wireless devices 100 and 200 will be described more specifically. One or more protocol layers may be implemented by, without being limited to, one or more processors 102 and 202. For example, the one or more processors 102 and 202 may implement one or more layers (e.g., functional layers such as PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP, RRC, and SDAP). The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate one or more Protocol Data Units (PDUs) and/or one or more Service Data Unit (SDUs) according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate signals (e.g., baseband signals) including PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document and provide the generated signals to the one or more transceivers 106 and 206. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may receive the signals (e.g., baseband signals) from the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 and acquire the PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document.
The one or more processors 102 and 202 may be referred to as controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or microcomputers. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof. As an example, one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), one or more Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), one or more Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), one or more Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), or one or more Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) may be included in the one or more processors 102 and 202. The descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software and the firmware or software may be configured to include the modules, procedures, or functions. Firmware or software configured to perform the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be included in the one or more processors 102 and 202 or stored in the one or more memories 104 and 204 so as to be driven by the one or more processors 102 and 202. The descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software in the form of code, commands, and/or a set of commands.
The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 and store various types of data, signals, messages, information, programs, code, instructions, and/or commands. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be configured by Read-Only Memories (ROMs), Random Access Memories (RAMs), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memories (EPROMs), flash memories, hard drives, registers, cash memories, computer-readable storage media, and/or combinations thereof. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be located at the interior and/or exterior of the one or more processors 102 and 202. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 through various technologies such as wired or wireless connection.
The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may transmit user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the methods and/or operational flowcharts of this document, to one or more other devices. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may receive user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document, from one or more other devices. For example, the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 and transmit and receive radio signals. For example, the one or more processors 102 and 202 may perform control so that the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may transmit user data, control information, or radio signals to one or more other devices. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may perform control so that the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may receive user data, control information, or radio signals from one or more other devices. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be connected to the one or more antennas 108 and 208 and the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be configured to transmit and receive user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document, through the one or more antennas 108 and 208. In this document, the one or more antennas may be a plurality of physical antennas or a plurality of logical antennas (e.g., antenna ports). The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may convert received radio signals/channels etc. from RF band signals into baseband signals in order to process received user data, control information, radio signals/channels, etc. using the one or more processors 102 and 202. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may convert the user data, control information, radio signals/channels, etc. processed using the one or more processors 102 and 202 from the base band signals into the RF band signals. To this end, the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may include (analog) oscillators and/or filters.
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Codewords may be converted into radio signals via the signal processing circuit 1000 of
Specifically, the codewords may be converted into scrambled bit sequences by the scramblers 1010. Scramble sequences used for scrambling may be generated based on an initialization value, and the initialization value may include ID information of a wireless device. The scrambled bit sequences may be modulated to modulation symbol sequences by the modulators 1020. A modulation scheme may include pi/2-Binary Phase Shift Keying (pi/2-BPSK), m-Phase Shift Keying (m-PSK), and m-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (m-QAM). Complex modulation symbol sequences may be mapped to one or more transport layers by the layer mapper 1030. Modulation symbols of each transport layer may be mapped (precoded) to corresponding antenna port(s) by the precoder 1040. Outputs z of the precoder 1040 may be obtained by multiplying outputs y of the layer mapper 1030 by an N*M precoding matrix W. Herein, N is the number of antenna ports and M is the number of transport layers. The precoder 1040 may perform precoding after performing transform precoding (e.g., DFT) for complex modulation symbols. Alternatively, the precoder 1040 may perform precoding without performing transform precoding.
The resource mappers 1050 may map modulation symbols of each antenna port to time-frequency resources. The time-frequency resources may include a plurality of symbols (e.g., a CP-OFDMA symbols and DFT-s-OFDMA symbols) in the time domain and a plurality of subcarriers in the frequency domain. The signal generators 1060 may generate radio signals from the mapped modulation symbols and the generated radio signals may be transmitted to other devices through each antenna. For this purpose, the signal generators 1060 may include Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) modules, Cyclic Prefix (CP) inserters, Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs), and frequency up-converters.
Signal processing procedures for a signal received in the wireless device may be configured in a reverse manner of the signal processing procedures 1010 to 1060 of
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The additional components 140 may be variously configured according to types of wireless devices. For example, the additional components 140 may include at least one of a power unit/battery, input/output (I/O) unit, a driving unit, and a computing unit. The wireless device may be implemented in the form of, without being limited to, the robot (100a of
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The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive signals (e.g., data and control signals) to and from other wireless devices or BSs. The control unit 120 may perform various operations by controlling constituent elements of the hand-held device 100. The control unit 120 may include an Application Processor (AP). The memory unit 130 may store data/parameters/programs/code/commands needed to drive the hand-held device 100. The memory unit 130 may store input/output data/information. The power supply unit 140a may supply power to the hand-held device 100 and include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, etc. The interface unit 140b may support connection of the hand-held device 100 to other external devices. The interface unit 140b may include various ports (e.g., an audio I/O port and a video I/O port) for connection with external devices. The I/O unit 140c may input or output video information/signals, audio information/signals, data, and/or information input by a user. The I/O unit 140c may include a camera, a microphone, a user input unit, a display unit 140d, a speaker, and/or a haptic module.
As an example, in the case of data communication, the I/O unit 140c may acquire information/signals (e.g., touch, text, voice, images, or video) input by a user and the acquired information/signals may be stored in the memory unit 130. The communication unit 110 may convert the information/signals stored in the memory into radio signals and transmit the converted radio signals to other wireless devices directly or to a BS. The communication unit 110 may receive radio signals from other wireless devices or the BS and then restore the received radio signals into original information/signals. The restored information/signals may be stored in the memory unit 130 and may be output as various types (e.g., text, voice, images, video, or haptic) through the I/O unit 140c.
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The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive signals (e.g., data and control signals) to and from external devices such as other vehicles, BSs (e.g., gNBs and road side units), and servers. The control unit 120 may perform various operations by controlling elements of the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100. The control unit 120 may include an Electronic Control Unit (ECU). The driving unit 140a may cause the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 to drive on a road. The driving unit 140a may include an engine, a motor, a powertrain, a wheel, a brake, a steering device, etc. The power supply unit 140b may supply power to the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 and include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, etc. The sensor unit 140c may acquire a vehicle state, ambient environment information, user information, etc. The sensor unit 140c may include an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensor, a collision sensor, a wheel sensor, a speed sensor, a slope sensor, a weight sensor, a heading sensor, a position module, a vehicle forward/backward sensor, a battery sensor, a fuel sensor, a tire sensor, a steering sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an illumination sensor, a pedal position sensor, etc. The autonomous driving unit 140d may implement technology for maintaining a lane on which a vehicle is driving, technology for automatically adjusting speed, such as adaptive cruise control, technology for autonomously driving along a determined path, technology for driving by automatically setting a path if a destination is set, and the like.
For example, the communication unit 110 may receive map data, traffic information data, etc. from an external server. The autonomous driving unit 140d may generate an autonomous driving path and a driving plan from the obtained data. The control unit 120 may control the driving unit 140a such that the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 may move along the autonomous driving path according to the driving plan (e.g., speed/direction control). In the middle of autonomous driving, the communication unit 110 may aperiodically/periodically acquire recent traffic information data from the external server and acquire surrounding traffic information data from neighboring vehicles. In the middle of autonomous driving, the sensor unit 140c may obtain a vehicle state and/or surrounding environment information. The autonomous driving unit 140d may update the autonomous driving path and the driving plan based on the newly obtained data/information. The communication unit 110 may transfer information about a vehicle position, the autonomous driving path, and/or the driving plan to the external server. The external server may predict traffic information data using AI technology, etc., based on the information collected from vehicles or autonomous vehicles and provide the predicted traffic information data to the vehicles or the autonomous vehicles.
Claims in the present description can be combined in a various way. For instance, technical features in method claims of the present description can be combined to be implemented or performed in an apparatus, and technical features in apparatus claims can be combined to be implemented or performed in a method. Further, technical features in method claim(s) and apparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed in an apparatus. Further, technical features in method claim(s) and apparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed in a method.
Claims
1. A method for performing wireless communication by a first device, the method comprising:
- receiving information related to sidelink bandwidth part (BWP), and
- wherein the information related to the sidelink BWP includes information related to a first sidelink resource pool;
- determining the first sidelink resource pool from a first reference point based on the information related to the first sidelink resource pool; and
- performing sidelink transmission to a second device based on the first sidelink resource pool,
- wherein the sidelink BWP includes a set of contiguous resource blocks, and
- wherein the first reference point is a first resource block having a lowest index among the contiguous resource blocks of the sidelink BWP.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first sidelink resource pool is aligned with another sidelink resource pool based on the first reference point.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein one BWP per carrier is configured as the sidelink BWP for NR sidelink.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the sidelink BWP is one BWP configured for sidelink communication.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the information related to the sidelink BWP includes information related to a second sidelink resource pool.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
- receiving information on a second reference point related to the second resource pool from the base station.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the information on the second reference point related to the second resource pool includes an absolute radio frequency channel number (ARFCN) value.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
- determining the second reference point related to the second resource pool as a first sub-carrier of a first common resource block based on the ARFCN value.
9. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
- receiving information on the second reference point related to the second resource pool through a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH).
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the information on the second reference point related to the second resource pool includes an offset value related to a sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB).
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
- determining the second reference point related to the second resource pool as a first subcarrier of a first common resource block based on the offset value related to the S-SSB.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first reference point related to the first resource pool includes a reference point related to sequence generation.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference point related to sequence generation is a point at which a first value of the sequence starts.
14. A first device for performing wireless communication, the first device comprising:
- one or more memories storing instructions;
- one or more transceivers; and
- one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:
- receive information related to sidelink bandwidth part (BWP),
- wherein the information related to the sidelink BWP includes information related to a first sidelink resource pool,
- determine the first sidelink resource pool from a first reference point based on the information related to the first sidelink resource pool,
- perform sidelink transmission to a second device based on the first sidelink resource pool,
- wherein the sidelink BWP includes a set of contiguous resource blocks, and
- wherein the first reference point is a first resource block having a lowest index among the contiguous resource blocks of the sidelink BWP.
15. A device configured to control a first user equipment (UE), the device comprising:
- one or more processors; and
- one or more memories being operably connectable to the one or more processors and storing instructions, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:
- receive information related to sidelink bandwidth part (BWP),
- wherein the information related to the sidelink BWP includes information related to a first sidelink resource pool,
- determine the first sidelink resource pool from a first reference point based on the information related to the first sidelink resource pool,
- perform sidelink transmission to a second UE based on the first sidelink resource pool,
- wherein the sidelink BWP includes a set of contiguous resource blocks, and
- wherein the first reference point is a first resource block having a lowest index among the contiguous resource blocks of the sidelink BWP.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 27, 2021
Date of Patent: Sep 27, 2022
Patent Publication Number: 20220015072
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC. (Seoul)
Inventors: Daesung Hwang (Seoul), Seungmin Lee (Seoul), Hanbyul Seo (Seoul)
Primary Examiner: Donald L Mills
Application Number: 17/486,545